Brady reporter wins right to protect sources

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A journalist today fought off an attempt to force him to reveal his sources for an article about the medical treatment of Ian Brady, the Moors murderer.

A High Court judge in London rejected the argument by Ashworth Hospital, a top security mental hospital on Merseyside, that in this case the need to protect the confidentiality of medical records was more important than a journalist’s right to protect his sources.

Mr Justice Tugendhat said: “Considering the facts now, in my judgment it has not been convincingly established that there is today a pressing social need that the sources should be